This tune was inspired by inspiration sources from a long time
ago like Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour but also from the present
time like Chuck D'Aloia, Scott Lerner, Les Thomas and Stephan
Lipinski. I'm very grateful to these present day players for
the inspiration and for their encouragement.

I was trying out some freeware VSTi soft synths and had a
blast with the Superwave P8 and came up with the keyboard backing
part. The rest came from there. And I always knew I wanted the
Edwards + Ethos on it. Love that pedal!

Here is a tune that, in my mind lovingly cares for what was good
in the 80's and fuses this with what's good about today's music
and the production tools we have at hand. A slow ballad with
loads of clean guitar, effects in the backing. Different OD
levels for the leads and a number of evolving rhythm elements
to keep things moving. If I may say so myself, I really like
this tune.

When wrote this tune I was listening a lot to a variety of
guitar players like Norman Brown, Larry Carlton, George Benson
and Lee Ritenour. So I wanted to explore some clean sounding
smooth jazz and this is the result.

Clean guitars: Tyler SE HD with T-Rex Squeezer recorded
direct with a Boss GS-10.
Lead guitar: Tyler SE HD recorded direct with an Axe-Fx Ultra.
Sandberg Bullet Special with a T-Rex Squeezer processed with
Guitar Rig 3
All other instruments: Native Instruments Kontakt 3.

Drums:

Old Ludwig set with Ludwig or Tama snare

Comments:

I was asked to review the T-Rex Squeezer for the Swedish
guitar magazine FUZZ. I soon realized that not only was it excellent
for bass but also worked very well for guitar. So I felt the
need to write some music that used the T-Rex in ways I thought
appropriate. So this is FUNKY!

Guitars: James Tyler SE HD recorded direct with the
Kemper Profiling Amplifier. Lead is the Plexi+TS profile. The
clean sounds are a 65 Fender RI Super Reverb profile very much
processed in the final mix.
Bass: Sandberg Bullet Special recorded stright to PreSonus Studio
One 2 using the excellent included plug-in compressor and ProEQ.
Synths: Native Instruments Kontakt 5 running Vintage Keys Clavinet.

Drums:

Old Ludwig set with Ludwig or Tama snare

Comments:

Another funk. I found the bass riff when I tried the included
compressor and ProEQ in StudioOne 2.

I know that you don't become a better player just because
you buy new and better gear BUT I also know that very often
getting new stuff can be very inspirational. For a very long
time I've been carrying this groove in my head and when I got
the new Native Instruments Studio Drummer and felt the way it
sounded and responded that started this tune. Then when I got
my son Christoffer to play the drums, the groove only got better.

Guitars: Edwards SA-118 335 clone into a Frantone
Sandwich, a T-Rex Møller and then recorded direct through
a Boss GS-10
Bass: Sandberg Bullet Special recorded direct and processed
with
Native Instruments GuitarRig 3
Other instruments: NI Kontakt 5

Drums:

Old Ludwig set with Ludwig or Tama snare

Comments:

I wrote this in memory of my very dear friend Todd Robinson who
in many ways was my brother. The tune came to me after seing
some of his photographs of the sunsets over Loon Lake when I
visited "our" parents in 2008.